Annual Meetings : 2012 Annual Meeting : 2012 Call for Papers

SSSP 2012 Annual Meeting

Call for Papers

Listed below are the 2012 Annual Meeting Sessions.

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Session # Session Title Sponsor(s) Organizer(s)
1 Anti-immigrant Sentiment, Social Movements, and the Shifting Boundaries of Community
  1. Community Research and Development
  1. Brown, Sean [ brown.se@husky.neu.edu ]
2 Papers in the Round: Communities as the Focus of Social Inquiry
  1. Community Research and Development
  1. Kimelberg, Shelley [ s.kimelberg@neu.edu ]
3 Schools, Community, and Inequality
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Educational Problems
  1. Sullivan, Felicia M. [ felicia.sullivan@umb.edu ]
4 Gentrification and Urban Redevelopment: Conflict, Opportunity, and Inequality
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Educational Problems
  3. Environment and Technology
  4. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Darrah, Jennifer [ darrah@post.harvard.edu ]
5 Segregated Communities: Questions, Trends, and Policies
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Educational Problems
  3. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Nelson, Gesemia [ gnelso16@mscd.edu ]
6 Community Gardens, Parks, and Public Places: Inclusion and Exclusion and the Meaning of Space
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Environment and Technology
  1. Mix, Tamara L. [ tamara.mix@okstate.edu ]
7 Social Media, Flash Mobs, and the Internet: the Relationship between Technology and Community
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Environment and Technology
  1. Sandoval, J.S. Onésimo [ JSANDOV3@SLU.EDU ]
8 Revisiting the Economic Crisis: Housing, Employment, and Crime
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. McCormack, Karen M. [ MCCORMACK_KAREN@WHEATONMA.EDU ]
9 Place Based Research Along the Life Course
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
10 Challenges in Conducting and Publishing Social Action Scholarship
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  1. Alessio, John C. [ jcalessio9@gmail.com ]
11 Redefining Political Action and Activism
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  1. Gillis, Catherine [ cgillis@luc.edu ]
12 Environmental Activism
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Environment and Technology
  3. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Perkins, Tracy E. [ teperkin@ucsc.edu ]
  2. Andrzejewski, Julie R. [ JRANDRZEJEWSKI@STCLOUDSTATE.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
13 Collaborations: Professionals, Researchers, and Community Activists
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Griffith, Alison I. [ AGRIFFITH@EDU.YORKU.CA ]
14 Non-profits, Community Organizations, and Activism: Seeking Change in Local Communities
  1. Community Research and Development
  1. MacIndoe, Heather [ Heather.MacIndoe@umb.edu ]
15 Radicalism in the 21st Century: Networking and Social Activism
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  3. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Peressini, Tracy Lee [ tracy.peressini@uwaterloo.ca ]
16 Sex/y Activism
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Brents, Barbara G. [ barb.brents@unlv.edu ]
17 Transforming Social Change into Social Policy
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Barnshaw, John [ barnshaw@usf.edu ]
18 Engaging Youth in Social Action
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Harmon, Abbilyn M. [ amille22@illinois.edu ]
19 Alcohol, Drugs, Offending, and Rehabilitation
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Drinking and Drugs
  3. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Vogel, Matt [ mvogel@albany.edu ]
  2. Berard, Tim J. [ TJBERARD@ALUMNI.REED.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
20 Assessing Stereotypes of Immigrants as Offenders
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Global
  3. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Ibarra, Peter [ pibarra@uic.edu ]
21 Death Penalty: State and Local Issues
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Law and Society
  1. Cook, Kimberly J. [ COOKK@UNCW.EDU ]
22 Violence and the Law I
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Law and Society
  1. Morewitz, Stephen J. [ morewitz@earthlink.net ]
23 Socio-Political Dimensions of Criminal Law from Legislation to Law Enforcement I
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Law and Society
  3. Social Problems Theory
  1. Cavender, Gray [ GRAY.CAVENDER@ASU.EDU ]
24 Scholarly Activism & Activist Scholarship on Law, Crime & Deviance
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Berard, Tim J. [ TJBERARD@ALUMNI.REED.EDU ]
25 Roles for Social Problems Theory in Teaching on Crime and Delinquency Cancelled
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Social Problems Theory
  3. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Best, Joel [ JOELBEST@UDEL.EDU ]
26 Bioethics, Eugenics and Disability Cancelled
  1. Disabilities
  1. Bender, Alexis A. [ alexisbender@gmail.com ]
  2. Grossman, Brian R. [ Brian.Grossman@sjsu.edu ]
(co-organizers)
27 Disability Activism: The Art of Grassroots Movements
  1. Disabilities
  1. Lillie, Timothy [ tlillie@uakron.edu ]
  2. Mauldin, Laura [ laura.mauldin@gmail.com ]
(co-organizers)
28 Disability, Voice and Power
  1. Disabilities
  1. Horejes, Thomas [ thomas.horejes@gallaudet.edu ]
  2. Leiter, Valerie [ valerie.leiter@simmons.edu ]
(co-organizers)
29 Care Work in the Home
  1. Disabilities
  2. Family
  3. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Stringer, Ebonie L. Cunningham [ e.cunninghamstringer@wingate.edu ]
  2. Lorenz, Laura [ LLORENZ@BRANDEIS.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
30 Disabilities: Health, Imagery, Metaphor and Representation - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Disabilities
  2. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Barmon, Christina E. [ cebarmon@gmail.com ]
  2. Little, Deborah L. [ LITTLE@ADELPHI.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
31 Drugs, Soldiers, and Veterans
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Golub, Andrew [ golub@ndri.org ]
32 Medical Marijuana and Social Change
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Sifaneck, Stephen J. [ sps@berkeleycollege.edu ]
33 Drinking and Drugs Roundtables
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Lankenau, Stephen [ lankenau@drexel.edu ]
34 Current Issues in Prescription Drug Misuse
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Kelly, Brian C. [ BCKELLY@PURDUE.EDU ]
35 Social Disparities and Drugs
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Benoit, Ellen [ BENOIT@NDRI.ORG ]
36 Drug Policy Activism
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Perrone, Dina [ dperrone@csulb.edu ]
37 Multicultural Education as Social Activism
  1. Educational Problems
  1. Zhang, Cynthia Baiqing [ cynthiazhang7@gmail.com ]
38 Preparing for Power? Education and Social Capital
  1. Educational Problems
  1. Pearson, A. Fiona [ PEARSONAF@CCSU.EDU ]
39 Leaks in the Pipeline: Education, Ascribed Status, and Social Reproduction
  1. Educational Problems
  1. Hinkson, Leslie R. [ lrh27@georgetown.edu ]
40 Educators as Activists
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Brule, Elizabeth L. [ ebrule@yorku.ca ]
41 Teaching Environmental Sociology II: Sharing Perspectives, Techniques, and Experiences Cancelled
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Environment and Technology
  3. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Steele, David Foster [ STEELED@APSU.EDU ]
42 Animals, the Environment, and Social Welfare
  1. Environment and Technology
  1. Zilney, Lisa Anne [ zilneyl@mail.montclair.edu ]
43 Explorations in Methodology: Approaches to Environmental Problems Research
  1. Environment and Technology
  1. Robinson, Erin E. [ robinso5@canisius.edu ]
44 Reclaiming Hazardous Space: Investigating Pollution, Disaster, and Reuse
  1. Environment and Technology
  1. Lang, Steve [ slang@lagcc.cuny.edu ]
45 Employment, the Environment, and Social Welfare Cancelled
  1. Environment and Technology
  2. Labor Studies
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
46 Social Construction of Environmental Problems
  1. Environment and Technology
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Haedicke, Michael A. [ michael.haedicke@drake.edu ]
47 Activist Mothering - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Family
  1. Wilson, Kristin J. [ krwilson@cabrillo.edu ]
48 Family Formation: Co-Parenting and Contemporary Family Forms
  1. Family
  1. Reid, Megan [ reid@ndri.org ]
49 Gay Family Activism Cancelled
  1. Family
  1. Boudreaux, Cheryl A. [ BOUDREAC@GVSU.EDU ]
50 Children, Families, and Health
  1. Family
  2. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Simon, Laura E. [ laura.simon7@gmail.com ]
51 Jobs, Families, and Communities
  1. Family
  2. Labor Studies
  3. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
  2. Schueths, April M. [ aschueths@georgiasouthern.edu ]
(co-organizers)
52 Family and the Economy
  1. Family
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Stringer, Ebonie L. Cunningham [ e.cunninghamstringer@wingate.edu ]
53 Global Families and the Art of Research and Activism
  1. Family
  2. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  3. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Mezey, Nancy J. [ nmezey@monmouth.edu ]
54 Queer Families
  1. Family
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Sheff, Elisabeth A. [ dr.elisabeth.sheff@gsu.edu ]
55 Emerging Frontiers in Globalization Theory Cancelled
  1. Global
  1. Dale, John G. [ jdale@gmu.edu ]
56 New Research on Development and Inequality
  1. Global
  1. Smith, David A. [ DASMITH@UCI.EDU ]
  2. Arabandi, Bhavani [ barabandi@ithaca.edu ]
(co-organizers)
57 Transnational Social Movements and the Making of Social Change
  1. Global
  1. Samara, Tony Roshan [ tsamara@gmu.edu ]
58 Sustainability, Ecological Justice and Globalization
  1. Global
  2. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Reed, Jennifer J. [ reedj32@unlv.nevada.edu ]
59 Institutional Ethnographic Approaches to Governance
  1. Global
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Grace, Lauri J. [ LAURI.GRACE@DEAKIN.EDU.AU ]
  2. Eastwood, Lauren E. [ eastwole@plattsburgh.edu ]
(co-organizers)
60 Immigrant Workers and the State
  1. Global
  2. Labor Studies
  3. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Tope, Daniel [ DTOPE@FSU.EDU ]
61 Social Movements and Class 'Acts' in a Digital Age
  1. Global
  2. Labor Studies
  3. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Cassiman, Shawn A. [ shawncassiman@gmail.com ]
62 Sporting Ideals vs. Realities: Activism and International Sport - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Global
  2. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. Cavalier, Elizabeth [ BETHCAVALIER@GMAIL.COM ]
63 Health and Place
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Monnat, Shannon M. [ SHANNON.MONNAT@UNLV.EDU ]
64 Health Services and Health Policy
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Greil, Arthur L. [ FGREIL@ALFRED.EDU ]
65 Social Determinants of Health
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Gage, Elizabeth [ eagage@buffalo.edu ]
66 Nursing Work: a Peculiar Eclipsing
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Rankin, Janet M. [ JMRANKIN@UCALGARY.CA ]
67 Health Disparities
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Monnat, Shannon M. [ SHANNON.MONNAT@UNLV.EDU ]
68 IE 'New Research'
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Mykhalovskiy, Eric [ ERICM@YORKU.CA ]
69 IE that makes a Difference
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Nichols, Naomi E. [ naomi_nichols@edu.yorku.ca ]
  2. Barnes, Graham [ gbarnes@bwjp.org ]
(co-organizers)
70 New Modes of Presentation and Method in IE Research
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  1. McCoy, Liza [ MCCOY@UCALGARY.CA ]
71 Law, Policy, and Influence on Everyday Life
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  2. Law and Society
  1. Ng, Roxana [ roxana.ng@utoronto.ca ]
72 Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Reality
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Del Rosso, Jared [ DELROSSO@BC.EDU ]
73 The Art of Workplace Survival - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Labor Studies
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
74 Worker and Union Activism in Precarious Times
  1. Labor Studies
  1. Baker, Chris W. [ CHRIS.BAKER@WS.EDU ]
75 Labor and Public Social Welfare: Activism on Both Sides of the Ideological Divide (Roundtable) Cancelled
  1. Labor Studies
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
76 Care Workers, Collective Action, and Training Cancelled
  1. Labor Studies
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
77 Work Across the Life Course
  1. Labor Studies
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
78 Federalism and its Complications Cancelled
  1. Law and Society
  1. Steele, Paul D. [ PD.STEELE@MOREHEADSTATE.EDU ]
79 Law, Advocacy and Change
  1. Law and Society
  1. Klein, Lloyd [ lklein@sfc.edu ]
80 Politics of Judiciary Cancelled
  1. Law and Society
  1. Morewitz, Stephen J. [ morewitz@earthlink.net ]
81 Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
  1. Law and Society
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Richman, Kimberly [ KDRICHMAN@USFCA.EDU ]
  2. Hammers, Corie J. [ chammers@macalester.edu ]
(co-organizers)
82 Use of Art for Advocacy and Social Welfare
  1. Law and Society
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Frohmann, Lisa [ Lfrohman@uic.edu ]
83 Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security: Current Issues Cancelled
  1. Law and Society
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
84 Diagnosis and Labeling: A Contested Process
  1. Mental Health
  1. Hartwell, Stephanie W. [ STEPHANIE.HARTWELL@UMB.EDU ]
85 Emerging Institutional Contexts for Mental Health Care
  1. Mental Health
  1. Hartwell, Stephanie W. [ STEPHANIE.HARTWELL@UMB.EDU ]
86 Reconciling Advocacy and Research in Mental Health Services Research
  1. Mental Health
  1. Hartwell, Stephanie W. [ STEPHANIE.HARTWELL@UMB.EDU ]
87 Activating Justice: Examining and Addressing Inequalities
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Luna, Yvonne M. [ yvonne.luna@nau.edu ]
  2. Wesely, Jennifer K. [ JWESELY@UNF.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
88 The Art of Teaching and Learning: Activism to Eliminate Inequality
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Alessio, John C. [ jcalessio9@gmail.com ]
89 Constructing Sex Work
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Cassiman, Shawn A. [ shawncassiman@gmail.com ]
90 African American Activism on Violence as a Public Health Issue in the African American Community
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Oliver, William [ wioliver@indiana.edu ]
91 Media Portrayals and Women of Color In Activism
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Brown, Evrick [ ebrown@brooklyn.cuny.edu ]
92 Black Men's Queer Visibility and Acceptance Cancelled
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Foster, Shandu [ shjfoste@indiana.edu ]
93 Public Sex/ualities
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Hammers, Corie J. [ chammers@macalester.edu ]
94 Sex Work - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Schroer, Sandra E. [ SSCHROER@MUSKINGUM.EDU ]
95 Sexuality on the Edge
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Asbury, Kathleen A. [ asburykathy@comcast.net ]
96 Sexual Minorities, Homophobia and Sporting Communities
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  2. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. Paradis, Elise [ elise.paradis@utoronto.ca ]
97 Linking Popular Culture and Social Problems Theory: Implications for Teaching and Scholarship
  1. Social Problems Theory
  1. Maratea, R.J. [ RJM@NMSU.EDU ]
98 New Directions and Challenges in Social Constructionist Inquiry
  1. Social Problems Theory
  1. Monahan, Brian [ BMONAHAN@IASTATE.EDU ]
99 Making Social Problems Theory Accessible to Students and the General Public
  1. Social Problems Theory
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Barnshaw, John [ barnshaw@usf.edu ]
  2. Letukas, Lynn [ lynn.letukas@gmail.com ]
(co-organizers)
100 Homelessness and the Art of Advocacy
  1. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Peressini, Tracy Lee [ tracy.peressini@uwaterloo.ca ]
101 The Deconstruction of the Welfare State
  1. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Bialik, Joyce [ BIALIK@YU.EDU ]
102 The Art of Surviving Cuts in the Non-Profit and Government Social Welfare Sectors (Roundtable) Cancelled
  1. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Bialik, Joyce [ BIALIK@YU.EDU ]
103 Bodies, Leisure and Sport Cancelled
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. Follo, Giovanna [ GFOLLO@EMPORIA.EDU ]
104 Inequalities in Sport and Leisure
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. Parrotta, Kylie [ kylie.parrotta@gmail.com ]
105 Media, Popular Culture and Representation in Sport Cancelled
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. Cooky, Cheryl [ ccooky@purdue.edu ]
106 Leisure, Creativity, Friendship and the Life Course
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Hutson, David J. [ djhutson@umich.edu ]
  2. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
(co-organizers)
107 The Practice of Public Sociology and the Teaching of Social Problems
  1. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Austin Smith, Margaret [ margaretaustinsmith@gmail.com ]
108 Using Art, Visuals and Popular Culture to Teach Social Problems
  1. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Orr, Ryan D. [ Ryan.Orr@millersville.edu ]
109 Age and Youth in Action Together: Gray Panthers and Intergenerational Activism
  1. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Hollister, Brooke Ann [ BROOKE.HOLLISTER@UCSF.EDU ]
110 Aging Inequalities
  1. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
111 Global and International Perspectives in Lifecourse Studies Cancelled
  1. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
112 Body Art: Personal and Social Transformation
  1. Program Committee
  1. Costello, Cary Gabriel [ COSTELLO@UWM.EDU ]
113 How to Advise Undergraduate Students on How, When, Where, and Why to Apply to Graduate School
  1. American Sociological Association
  2. Association of Black Sociologists
  3. Program Committee
  4. Sociologists for Women in Society
  1. Mezey, Nancy J. [ nmezey@monmouth.edu ]